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October 20, 2024
Mr. Mahama Ayariga, the member of Parliament for Bawku Central said they (NDC Majority are not aware of any law or constitutional provision that allows anybody to suspend a decision by the Speaker of parliament properly constituted.
“What we know under Article 2 of the Constitution and Article 130 of the constitution, the Supreme Court has jurisdiction to make a declaration as to whether or not an act is consistent or inconsistent with a provision of the constitution. But to suspend a decision of parliament or a directive of the Speaker in parliament, we are not aware of the legal basis of a conduct like that”, he stated.
This notwithstanding, he said parliamentarians act on the basis of communication from the Speaker, and not rely on the media or record of proceedings from any court on social media; and so if any communication from the Speaker says we should walk into the sea, we walk into the sea because we listen only to the Speaker and nobody else in relations to the integrity, legality and appropriateness of what has happened in the chamber of parliament.
Mr Ayariga was responding to questions from the media during a press briefing on Sunday, October 20, 2024, in parliament on whether or not the new NDC Majority would abide by the Supreme Court’s ruling on the four seats that had been declared vacant by the Speaker of parliament.
Ghanamps.com